Postdoctoral Scholars’ Emancipatory Strategies to Socialization through Agency

IF 2.2 Q1 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

Innovative Higher Education Pub Date : 2024-09-05 DOI:10.1007/s10755-024-09738-0

Elizabeth A. Jach, Chelsea O’Brien

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Abstract

While prior research often depicts a dire scenario for postdoctoral scholar employment and career trajectory, we offer evidence of postdocs’ agency despite challenging circumstances. Through interviews with 30 postdocs employed full-time in the United States, thematic analysis illustrated postdocs’ demonstration of agency as an asset they bring into their employment. We review prior literature about individuals’ sense of agency and argue for the extension of considering agency to postdocs. Our findings emphasize the importance of recognizing postdocs’ sense of agency amidst efforts to improve systemic issues within the research enterprise.

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博士后学者通过代理实现社会化的解放战略

以往的研究往往描述了博士后学者就业和职业发展的悲惨情景，而我们提供的证据表明，尽管环境充满挑战，博士后仍具有能动性。通过对 30 名在美国全职工作的博士后进行访谈，专题分析表明，博士后在就业过程中表现出的能动性是他们的一项资产。我们回顾了之前有关个人代理意识的文献，并主张将代理意识扩展到博士后。我们的研究结果强调了在努力改善研究企业内部系统性问题的同时，承认博士后代理意识的重要性。

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Innovative Higher Education EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH-

CiteScore

4.30

自引率

9.10%

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期刊介绍： Innovative Higher Education is a refereed scholarly journal that strives to package fresh ideas in higher education in a straightforward and readable fashion. The four main purposes of Innovative Higher Education are: (1) to present descriptions and evaluations of current innovations and provocative new ideas with relevance for action beyond the immediate context in higher education; (2) to focus on the effect of such innovations on teaching and students; (3) to be open to diverse forms of scholarship and research methods by maintaining flexibility in the selection of topics deemed appropriate for the journal; and (4) to strike a balance between practice and theory by presenting manuscripts in a readable and scholarly manner to both faculty and administrators in the academic community.